IFPA Certified tournaments will receive an Event Booster of 125%.
IFPA Certified+ tournaments will receive an Event Booster of 150%.
A tournament needs to meet the following criteria in order to be eligible for certification:
- 128 rated player minimum (only required for Certified+)
- LIMITED Best Game/Card Qualifying- minimum 20 hours of qualifying time, minimum 5 games being counted, entry total must be at least 2X the amount of machines being used.
- HYBRID Best Game Qualifying- minimum 20 hours of qualifying time, minimum 5 games being counted, entry total must be exactly 4X the amount of machines being used.
- UNLIMITED Best Game/Card Qualifying – minimum 20 hours of qualifying time, minimum 5 games being counted.
- Match Play Qualifying formats (4-player groups) require minimum of 20 qualifying games.
- Head to head Qualifying formats require minimum of 40 qualifying games.
- 24 finalists minimum (up from 16) – Same finals format requirement as 2022
- No other qualifying formats eligible (Flip Frenzy, Pin-Golf, etc)
- No player may receive a bye beyond the round of 16 finalists.
- Maximum length of the tournament is 4 consecutive days.
- Finals for the top 24 cannot start on the same day that Qualifying starts.
- Finals portion of the tournament must consist of one of the following approved formats: PAPA style match play rounds (minimum of 3 games per round) or IFPA style head-to-head play (minimum best of 5 matches per round). All game choices during finals must be made by the players.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us at ifpapinball@gmail.com with any questions.
For a list of upcoming Certified Tournaments, go here.
